Pencil.



C. VON SUHEMNITZKY.

PENCIL.

PPLIGATION FILED APR. 3, 1908.

948,535, Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT CARL VON SCHEMNITZKY, 0F VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

PENCIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

Application filed Aprilfi, 1908. Serial No. 424,916.

To allwhom'tt may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL vols SCHEM- NITZKY, a subject of-the Emperor ofAustria- Hungary, and resident of Vienna, Austria-Hungary,' haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencils, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved pencil as shown in theaccompanying drawing,

'of'twisted wires is also inserted in the cavity b, one end of saidscrew being fixed to the cap e which closes the cavity 12 at the top ofthe casing 11 and is. rotatably movable on the latter. The end of thelead It is firmly inserted in a shell ls which carries on its upper endan eye (1. Saide'ye is so designed that it tightly inclosessaid wirescrew 0 so that when the latter is rotated by turning the cap e on'thecasing a the eye (1 with the shell is and the lead h therein is drawn upor down in the cavity (1. This latter, owing to its elongated area, doesnot allow of a rotation,

but of only 'an upward or'downward movement of the eye d, whereby thelead it can always be adjusted to the required position.-

The wire screw 0 has in proximity to its upper fixed end, and also toits lower free end, a widened part 7 so as to limit by these the up anddown movement of the eye d. Said eye d consists ofa wire loop attachedto the shell is (as shown in Fig. 1).

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is An improved adjustable lead pencil, com

prising the-combination, of a rotatably supported metal cap, a screwconsisting of twisted wires attached to said cap, a lead carrier, a loopof twisted wire attached to said carrier and running on said screw,bulges. in said screw to prevent said loop 'from havingtoo much play,and a wooden casing in w ch said screw, lead carrier and loop attachedthereto, are inserted, said casing bearing the" said rotatably supportedmetal cap at one of its extremities, substantially as described andshown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence oftwo'subscribing witnesses.

. CARL VON SCHEMNITZKY. Witnesses:

'JOSEF RICHAR BIsn, ROBERT W. HEINGARTNER.

